The Villas at Disney's Grand Californian Owners & Lovers Group - 3.0

[ehh]

I was just over on Facebook and someone staying in a week and a half was notified their 1-bedroom VGC room would be unavailable. They are moving them to a premium view room on the hotel side. Sounds like it's a regular sized room. And no club level. What a serious downgrade! I would be so upset to lose a 1-bedroom....the laundry, the kitchen, the 2 bathrooms. Horrible!

Definitely unfortunate for that guest to be downgraded like that. This is the same type of recovery they did for BWV refurb delays...downgrading 1BR to standard hotel rooms. They probably just don't have the quantity of suites to recover 1BR Villa guests into similarly sized accommodations, though.

Makes me nervous for my upcoming 1BR stay. I was probably the last to book as I upgraded from a Studio to a 1BR with non-VGC points at 7m.

I'm wondering what's going on with the refurb. There could be booking system issues factoring in here, but I think it's more likely off-schedule if they're relocating people last second, as they definitely took inventory out proactively. Which then begs the question: are they behind schedule or ahead of schedule?

 

[NVDISFamily]

Some little birds have sent me more photos of the remodel but I’m not sure if I’m allowed to share them. Any one else seen anything?

 

[ehh]

Some little birds have sent me more photos of the remodel but I’m not sure if I’m allowed to share them. Any one else seen anything?

1) You're a tease.
2) I haven't seen the photos anywhere else and I definitely can't speak for your little birds about whether or not they're shareable.
3) What are your impressions of the photos you've seen?

 

[NVDISFamily]

1) You're a tease.

Sorry, not my intention but I risked being a jerk to hopefully prod more of you legends to also check your networks and get confirmation/insights. I do wish I could share them but I just confirmed not allowed to

At least the confirmation that info is "out there" is good news

3) What are your impressions of the photos you've seen?

Mix of carpet and wood floors (could/likely be vinyl) but seems to be well done. Overall less carpet.
Still has a somewhat strong "wood vibe" so that's good.
Still has fancy (ish) lamps.
Furniture looks good so far and a refresh of what was mostly right. Didn't see anything that screamed IKEA.
The Murphy doesn't look like it's out of place.
Bambi
I like the colors/mix so far
No info on kitchen/bathrooms
Familiar but clean/refreshed.......

I'm in the 7.5 to 8.5 (perhaps 9) of 10 happiness scale right now based on what I've seen.......

 

[AZMermaid]

Follow up to my earlier post, cause I am now more excited.....our waitlist for the 2 nights at the beginning of our trip at VGC somehow actually came through so now we get to stay at VGC for 8 nights. As a non-owner there I can say with 100% certainty that I never thought that would happen.

Yay! I just had a waitlist come through too- May 10 studio! I requested a merge with my other night through chat and that also just came through (4ish days later)

 

[kes601]

Yay! I just had a waitlist come through too- May 10 studio! I requested a merge with my other night through chat and that also just came through (4ish days later)

I'm afraid to ask ours to be merged. The 6 night reservation has an issue with it. They assure me the room is reserved properly and it linked automatically to the Disneyland version of MDE, but the reservation seems like it is "read only".

If I try to look at the guests on the reservation I get the dwarfs. Member Services were able to add my wife with no issue, so that was good. But if I go in and try to modify it (had 4 pts I wanted to reallocate) it errors out.

MS couldn't do it either. Said that IT could fix it but now that the first 2 nights came through I don't have to reallocate. We'll just ask the front desk when we arrive if we can stay in the same room.

 

[TheMouseKId]

Just had a waitlist come through a few days ago for a Studio for 4 nights in June! Super excited, as I love Wilderness Lodge and this seems to have the same vibe (designed by the same architect, too!). Also very excited about the basically steps away access to California Adventure, as this will be my first ever trip to Disneyland!

 

[ClaraOswald]

Sorry, not my intention but I risked being a jerk to hopefully prod more of you legends to also check your networks and get confirmation/insights. I do wish I could share them but I just confirmed not allowed to

At least the confirmation that info is "out there" is good news



Mix of carpet and wood floors (could/likely be vinyl) but seems to be well done. Overall less carpet.
Still has a somewhat strong "wood vibe" so that's good.
Still has fancy (ish) lamps.
Furniture looks good so far and a refresh of what was mostly right. Didn't see anything that screamed IKEA.
The Murphy doesn't look like it's out of place.
Bambi
I like the colors/mix so far
No info on kitchen/bathrooms
Familiar but clean/refreshed.......

I'm in the 7.5 to 8.5 (perhaps 9) of 10 happiness scale right now based on what I've seen.......

Is the carpet ugly like the weird ovals in the hallway?

Did you by any chance see a studio and if it still had a small table and 2 chairs?

 

[NVDISFamily]

Is the carpet ugly like the weird ovals in the hallway?

Haha ugly is subjective. I don't hate the new oval flowers. With that I do appreciate a good "resort carpet" selection where they have to balance the desire to have something that looks nice with the knowledge that humans on vacation will get a little over eager with their AM coffee or have too much fun with that glass of wine in the PM and "decorate" the carpet with some additions of their own over time. Working with professionals in this space for many years now, decor selection is a balance between what looks nice now and what will look nice X years from now.

With all of that said it's a different pattern that ties in the wood tones, the blue, and green well. Id say it looks like a riverbed flow with flakes of gold perhaps invoking the states history of the gold rush.... Or perhaps a breeze though a field of leaves and flowers..... Very loose interpretation on my just waking up brain......

The gold ish hidden mickeys are nice.

Did you by any chance see a studio and if it still had a small table and 2 chairs?

No. I think it's some of the living spaces of the 2BR. Most of the furniture looks like a updated version of what was there. @MrsNVDISFamily and I were looking at them and overall if you liked what was there it's not going to be a major change but just a new/updated version.

 

[ClaraOswald]

Is the carpet like this picture? Or was this the old carpet?

 

[NVDISFamily]

Is the carpet like this picture? Or was this the old carpet?

That looks like it. I'm guessing they matched the "new" hotel side?

 

[ClaraOswald]

That makes sense. I don't hate it. I'm just happy to at least have SOME carpet.

 

[Three cats]

Are there Keurig coffee makers in the studios or regular coffee makers? Staying for the 1st time in September and super excited.

 

[MagicDVC]

Are there Keurig coffee makers in the studios or regular coffee makers? Staying for the 1st time in September and super excited.

Currently it’s the regular basket coffee makers. The refurbishment is currently going on and based on other refurbs, Keurig Duos are getting put into the rooms.

 

[Orsino]

Wow. I didn’t realize CGV got a refurb recently. We checked in today and I was shocked at how great the room looks. We are east coast so last time we were here was 7 years ago.
The washing machine still had its instruction manual inside it.

It looks great and I feel so lucky to be here.

 

[bluecruiser]

Wow. I didn’t realize CGV got a refurb recently. We checked in today and I was shocked at how great the room looks. We are east coast so last time we were here was 7 years ago.
The washing machine still had its instruction manual inside it.

It looks great and I feel so lucky to be here.

If you can, please take some pictures of the room and post here. We're all chomping at the bit to see the newly renovated rooms!

 

[ehh]

Wow. I didn’t realize CGV got a refurb recently. We checked in today and I was shocked at how great the room looks. We are east coast so last time we were here was 7 years ago.
The washing machine still had its instruction manual inside it.

It looks great and I feel so lucky to be here.

Please post pictures!

Do you also mind sharing which floor your room is on?

 

[Orsino]

I’m on the 5th floor. How new is this reburbishment that disboards doesn’t have pics yet?

Did the one bedroom always have two bathroom? Last time we stayed here we were in a studio so I don’t know and am curious.

I took a few pics. Let me see if I can post them. Is there something specific you want pics of?

 

[BlueGreen5]

I’m on the 5th floor. How new is this reburbishment that disboards doesn’t have pics yet?

You might legitimately be the first one to stay in a refurb room on the DVC side.

 

[AstroBlasters]

I’m on the 5th floor. How new is this reburbishment that disboards doesn’t have pics yet?

Did the one bedroom always have two bathroom? Last time we stayed here we were in a studio so I don’t know and am curious.

I took a few pics. Let me see if I can post them. Is there something specific you want pics of?

Is there a picture on the wall behind the bath tub?